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The Virgin Annunciate

Statuette
ca. 1425-35 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Milan (made)

This polychromed terracotta statuette represents the Virgin Annunciate and is made in Italy in the 15th century by an unknown artist. The Virgin is standing on a shallow six-sided base moulded in one with the figure and the back of the figure is flat.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Religion
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleThe Virgin Annunciate (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Terracotta partially pigmented
Terracotta
Pigmenting
Brief description
Statuette, terracotta polychromed, the Virgin Annunciate, Italy, 15th century
Physical description
This statuette represents the Virgin Annunciate with the Virgin standing on a shallow six-sided base moulded in one with the figure. Back of the figure is flat. Her bowed head is covered with a veil. She bends forward and to the left, holding a book against her breast with her left hand and supporting her cloak with her right. Her cloak is edged with a band with incised imitation Cufic letters and a fringe.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81.9cm
Object history
Purchased in Milan, £1 12s. 6d. in 1863.
Subjects depicted
Book
Virgin Annunciate
Summary
This polychromed terracotta statuette represents the Virgin Annunciate and is made in Italy in the 15th century by an unknown artist. The Virgin is standing on a shallow six-sided base moulded in one with the figure and the back of the figure is flat.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1863. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 55
  • Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, pp. 14, 15
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume I: Text. Eighth to Fifteenth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, pp. 371, 372
  • Galli, Aldo. 'Il Maestro degli Angeli Cantori e le più antiche sculture Lombarde in terracotta', in: Nuovi Studi, 6, 1998 (III), pp. 15-30, esp. p. 17, figs 28, 35
  • Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albertt Museum. Art Bulletin. Vol. L, 1968, p. 100
  • Europaeische Kunst um 1400, Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1962.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
8378-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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